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US involvement with the Middle East resulted in a oil crisis where America backed up Israel in its war against Syria and Egypt in the Six-Day War.
What caused the 1973 Oil Embargo?
100
The Sunbelt was a southern region of the US that experienced immense growth after WWII. Its growth aided federal funding to foster economic and industrial development and moved the economic and political center of the nation from the North to the South.
What was the Sunbelt and what was the impacts of its growth?
100
What was the Peace Corps?
John F Kennedy proposed the Peace Corps, which was an army of idealist and mostly youthful volunteers to bring American skills to underdeveloped countries.
100
What was "Flexible Response"?
Defense Secretary McNamara pushed a strategy of “flexible response,” which developed an array of military options that could match the gravity of whatever crises came to hand.
100
Who coined the term "containment"?
George Kennan
200
Reaganomics were policies that were favorable to businesses to lower individual taxes, almost eliminate federal estate taxes, and create new tax-free savings plans for small investors. However, this theory backfired and accumulated immense debt in addition to widening the wealth gap.
What was Reaganomics?
200
Roe v. Wade case legalized abortion, arguing that ending a pregnancy was protected under a right to privacy.
Which court case legalized abortion?
200
Who passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and what did it do?
Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act by banning discrimination in all public open facilities, including washrooms, theaters, hospitals, restaurants
200
What was the Truman Doctrine?
The Truman Doctrine was an economic framework which gave money to Greece and Turkey to prevent them from turning communist and US helped provide supplies in their war.
200
Who was the idol of Lyndon B Johnson?
Theodore Delano Roosevelt, who's New Deal reforms went on to inspire Johnson's Great Society platform
300
built by Soviet premier Khruschev to threaten cutoff of all resource access to Berlin
What was the purpose of the Berlin Blockade?
300
The ruling of Brown v. Board of Educated reversed the decision of Plessy v. Ferguson, which stated that all men were "equal but seperate"
Which previous court decision did Brown v. Board of Education overturn?
300
What is Medicaid and Medicare? Who established it?
Medicare and Medicaid were a social reform program installed by Johnson to grant certain rights to the medical assistance of the elderly and disabled.
300
What was the Tonkin Gulf Resolution and what did it do?
Tonkin Gulf Incident was a series of attack on North Vietnamese that led to deeper American involvement in the Vietnam War. This essentially allowed the president to do whatever means necessary in war, giving Johnson the power to use military force in the region without requiring a declaration of war.
300
Which book were the ideas of Lyndon B Johnson's Great Society based on?
"The Other America" by Michael Harrington, which led Johnson to declare his 'War on Poverty'.
400
America's economic prosperity from the war economy marked the rise of an incredible baby boom and increase in population
How did the post-war economy affect America's population?
400
Established by Truman, the Executive Order of 9981 desegregated the military
What was the Executive Order 9981 and who issued it?
400
What was Project Head Start?
It was an antipoverty program in the Great Society that improved underprivileged education
400
What was Détente?
It was a policy and period of better relationships between the Soviets and the US during the Cold War, ushered by Nixon
400
What art movement took place in the 1970s? Can you give an example?
Pop art! Such as Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein
500
Eisenhower warned the nation to avoid giving too much power and money to the military complex
What did Eisenhower's Farewell Address advise?
500
Betty Friedman's “The Feminine Mystique” challenges the 1950s “cult of domesticity” arguing that many housewives were living unfulfilled lives in the 1950s
Who was Betty Friedman and what did she do?
500
What was the HUAC Act of 1938?
The House of Representatives established the Committee on Un-American Activities (“HUAC”) to investigate subversion and communist actions among American citizens
500
What was the Tet Offensive?
It was a massive surprise attack by the Vietcong in 1968 — where both Americans and Communists in Vietnam agreed to stop fighting to celebrate the Tet Holiday. However, The North used this as an opportunity to launch a surprise attack, breaking the truce and the attack took the Americans by surprise. North was able to take over our Embassy in Saigon and cause havoc through out the country. The US was able to put down the offensive but only after several days and many casualties (Basically, it was the vietnamese version of pearl Harbor)
500
Who was the first Black Supreme Court Justice?
Thurgood Marshall